BOAC and BEA were dissolved following the formation of British Airways the previous year.

Two British Aerospace 748s were ordered shortly after the merger, with delivery scheduled for 1975 for use in Scotland, where they would begin to replace the ageing Viscount and also support North Sea exploration.

The Standard VC-10 fleet and three remaining Vanguards were retired due to over capacity.

Octubre

The first Lockheed Tristar arrived in October, but did not enter service until January 1975 because of industrial problems.

A major reorganisation saw the airline adopt a single functional-based operating structure with departments set up to oversee Flight operations, Engineering and Planning for the whole airline. Commercial operations were split into geographical route groups: UK & Ireland, North and East Europe, West and Southern Europe, and for the longhaul network: Eastern, Southern and Western routes.

The search for new shorthaul airliners to replace Tridents began.

2 November

HM The Queen flew from Barbados to Heathrow on Concorde G-BOAE at the end of her Caribbean tour.

22 November

Concorde services finally started to New York JFK and then on 9 December to Singapore. The Singapore operation was an extension of the Bahrain service and was operated in conjunction with Singapore Airlines. Concorde G-BOAD wore Singapore Airlines’ livery on its port side with the BA livery on the starboard side for use on that route.